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BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Schedule In eject SUNDAY, MARCH I3,
1857, until further notice.
Leaye Wnshmgton nom .tntlon. corner OF

Leaye Washington from station, corner Of
New Jersey avenue and street.
For Chicago llij a m and 1910 . IN daily,
with through coaches and sleeping cars.
The il;ij IN Is a Fast Limited Express Tor
fittsourg and Chicago, arriving In Pitts
lilO. No extra fare is charged on this
train for fast time.
For Cincinnati, Louisville and st. Louis daily
at $3.50 m and 1910 p m, with through
coaches and palace sleeping cars to Clncin.
natl and 81. Louis without change: $3.50 p m
Is fast limited train 10 Cincinnati and st.
Louis arriving in Cincinnati next morning
charged on this train for fast time.
For Pittsburg at li:ij a m and $50 y m daily,
to Pittsburg, Cleveland and Detroit, with
parlor and sleeping cars to Plttsburg.
For Lexington anu Local Stations, $40 a m
daily, except Sunday.
For points, on shenandoah Valley Railroad,
$3.50 p m daily.
For nayre de Grace, Newark, wilmington,
1:35 y IN daily.
For Wilmington Del, and intermediate points
between Baltimore and Wilmington 3l5
m daily, except Sunday.
For baltimore on week days 5, $50, $40, 80,
$3.50 and 1905 a IN, 1910, 1880 3I5 Ci5-minute
train, $3.50, 4;SO, 40 $40, 6a5, 1885. s:s5 and
For Baltimore on Sundays $50. s:so. $50
and lO05 m, l;l5, $50, i;3O, 4:40, $40. Gas,
7.35, S25, go y m.
For Annapolis $40 m and 1910, 100 and
$40 ? m; on sunday $50 a m. 4I0 nm.
For way stations between Washington and
Baltimore 8, GAO, $50 m, 1910 m, $3.50,
$40, G|j and 1880 m. on Sundays $50 d
IN and i:l5, 800, ii0, G:ij and 1880 IN. For
stations on Metropolitan Branch Gas IN
daily except Sunday and 5:Jl p m daily;
4:iO y N daily except Sunday for principal
stations on Metropolitan Branch $40 N
daily; on sunday stops at all stations. For
Gaithersburg and Intermediate points, $3.50
day. For Frederick $40 and llI5 m and
44O p m daily except sunday.
For iagerstown $40 m and 5:3I y m daily,
except Sunday.
Trains arrive from the West daily G:aO, 7:.0
m, 300 and '.25 pm.
From points on Shenandoah Valley Railroad,
Up IN daily.
From Philadelphia, Chester, Wilmington
and llavre dc Grace, ll:3O m, 800 and
10 M daily.
From Wilmington, Del, and Intermediate
points north of Baltimore, ll:soam.
From Annapolis, $50 a n and $50, Js9j md
500 pm; Sunday, 1875 IN, 6;35 pm.
From iarper's Ferry and Valley Railroad,
$50 , m daily except sunday,
From Frederick and intermediate points, s.aj
m and Si5 m daily except Sunday.
Trains leave Baltimore for Washington at $40,
$50, s:20, 300, 9'05 and 1880 m, iel5, 23O,
3, 4, 4:2O, ., G'30, 7a5, 900 and II p IN; on
SUNDAYS G:So, 5.2O, 9Oj and iQ'}l a IN, lajO,
All trains from Washington stop al Relay
Station except l:l0, $40, 3:l5 and 1:35 m.
For further information apply at the Balti-
more & Ohio Ticket OfhCe-Washngton sta
tion, Gl9 and 1851 Pennsylvania avenue, corner
OF Fourteenth street, where orders will be
taken for baggage TO be checked and received
at any point in the city.
DAVID LEE, C. X. LORD,
Gen. Supt, BALTIC, 6, p. A.
PERCY q. SMITH, Pass'r Agt., Washington.
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Extra Liability to yIaiarial Infec-
tiOn.

Persons whose blood is thin, digestion
weak and liver sluggish, are extra-lable to
the attacks OF malarial disease. The most
triiling exposure may, under such condi-
tions, infect system which, II healthy,
would resist the miasmatlc taint. The only
way to secure immunity from malaria In To-
calities where 1t is prevalent, is to tone and
regulate the system by improving weakened
digestion, enrchlng the blood, and giving a
wholesome impetus to hillary secretion.
so effectively as Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, which long experience has proved to be
the most reliable safeguard against fever
and ague and kindred disorders, as well as
the best remedy for them. The Bitters are,
moreover, an excellent invigorant OF the
organs of urination, and an active depurent,
eliminating from the blood those acrid i'm
purities which originate rheumatic all
melts,
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THE GREAT
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
To the Nnrth. Wa.t nnd snnihun.

To the North. West and Southwest.
Dopble TJdct. Splendid SceHery.
St,H Rdls, WdgHi fcent EqulpHieHt.
In EFFECT JANUARY 10, 1887.
Taios han Nash,ag'op from Station, corner
Of SiJM ant n dreeis, as tOliOBsi
For pittsbnrg and the West, Chicago Limited
daily Fast Line, 10 m daily to Cincinnati
and ST. Louis, with Sleeping Cars from Har.
risbprg TO Cincinnati and Buffet Car TO st.
with Sleeping Car Pittsburs to Chicago.
Sleeping Cars Washington to Chicago and
Meeting at Harrisburg with through sleepers
for Louisville and Memphis. Pacific Ex.
press, 1000 y m daily, for Pttsburg and tho
West, with through Sleeper Harrisburg to
BALTIMORE & POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie Cannndagua, Rochester, Buffalo,
Niagara, 1000 p IN daily, except Saturday,
. Will Palace Cars Washington TO Rochester.
For Willamsport, Lock Haven and Elmira at
$50 a m daily, except Sunday.
For New York and the East, 7.1j, 900 and ills
M. 1890, eco, i,i5, 1000 and II 20 p IN. on
sunday, o.O0 a m, Y 20, 200 i;it, 1000 and
lor Cars, pio m daily, except Sunday, and
400 y IN daily.
For Boston without change, 200 m every
day,
For BROOKLYN, N. Y, all through trains con-
meet at Jersey City with boats Of Brooklyn
Annex, aiording direct transfer 20 Fulton
street, avoiding double ierriage across New
York city,
For Philadelphia. 7.e5, 90 and iii5a m. IL. 20,
200, i.lb, 600, 1000 and II % pm. ON sun
day, D.D m 1870, . 90, i.Ib 600 1000 and
liOpm. Limited Express, $40 a 10 week.
days and 100 y m daily.
For Baltimore, q 10, -, 900, 90, go, II rs a
IN, 1880, 1888 2l0, 400, ii5 i.Gi, 40, g, 90,
$40, 100 and II 20 . m, on Sunday 900,
g.tc, li.ib IN, 1890, 200, 400 Ilj, coo, 4 10,
1000 and ii,l0 p m.
For l,ope's Creek Line, 7.2j m and i.i0 D 10
daily, except sunday.
For Annapolis, i,2j a m, 1870. i.23 and 500 y
m daily, except Sunday. sundays, 800 m,
ppm.
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG
RAILWAY AND ALEXANDRIA AND
WASHINGTON RAILROAD.
For Alexandria, 600, 6i5, $40. g.i7, II .Oo m,
1901, noon, 2,O5 i2j, i.3j, J.Oi, s.0j, 1905 and
HE pm. ON Sunday at 800. O.i7, ii.OOa N,
800, GOi and 1908 pm.
For Richmond and the South, GOO, il,0O a m
daily and i35 y m daily, except Sunday
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington, Cos,
500. $40, l0.l5, 1913 m, 1.2O, 800, BIB, $40,
IO5, D.3s and iOi2 y m and 1910 midnight,
except Monday. ON sunday at 500 and
l0Il IN, 200 $40, ySs, lOt2 y m and 1910
night.
Tickets and information at the office. north
east corner Of 18th street and Pennsylvania
avenue, and at the station, where orders can
be LETT Tor the checking of baggage to desti-
nation from hotels aud residences.
CIAS. T.. PUGH, j. X. WOOD,
General Manager. G.pA.
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"A Perfect Flood of sunshine,

will fill the heart OF every suffering woman
II she will only persist in the use of DR..
Pierce's "'Favorlte Prescription 1t will
cure the most excruciating periodical pains
and relieve you OF all Irregularities and give
healthy action. 1t will positively cure in-
ternal Inflammation and liberation, mis-.
placement and all kindred disorders. Price
reduced to 81. BY druggists.
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Meeting in the Northeast.

\ number OF property owners and resi-
dents on the Bladensburg, Bunker Hill and
Bennings roads and vicinity assembled at
Hollands store, corner Of Fifteenth and ii
streets northeast, last night, to organize
Citizens Association No. o. The attendance
was SO small that the matter was postponed
until Tuesday next,
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sour Errand boy"
give him your laundry.
JoHssoN's European Hotel, 18th and E.
GentIemen, Attention!

We beg to call your attention to our stock
Of spring and summer goods, which com.
prises ali the leading novelties inForeign and
Domestic Pantaloonings, Corkscrews, Wide
Wall Diagonals, Bird's.eye Scotch suitings,
etc.; also a full line Of goods for Spring
Overcoats. Call early and get first choice
from the largest stock OF its kind this side
of New York. F. II. QUASI & Co,
G20 ID street northwest.
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Ladies', Attention.!

We have a large line English Serges.
Tropical suitiug in all the leading shades.
ladies and are everlasting for wear. Col
ored Mohair and silk Braids. Buttons
covered to order; also full line Of Cassi-
meres suitable for tailor-made jackets.
FRANK ii. QUASI & Co.,
Cloth House,
600 ID street north vest,
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xot,ce tn nnuseIseeners.

In addition to complete stock OF heat
ing and cooking stoves, ranges, carpets,
blankets, comforters and parlor and dining
line of silver table ware, all to be sold on
easy monthly or weekly payments as cheap
as can be bought elsewhere at strictly cash
prices. Smiths reliable installment house,
i52 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
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Bishop Paret held services at the Church
OF the Holy Cross, Eighteenth street and
Massachusetts avenue, last evening, con-
frming class of seven. The church is
nourlshing under Rector James A. Harold.
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10000 Rolls New styles Wall Pa

At George s. Donn's establishment, at 1924
Seventh street northwest, a new and ex-
tcnsive stock OF Peaks patent raised pa
Itr. Also full line Of Campbell's Mica
Iaper. The largest stock of cheap paper
H. the city at wholesale and retail. Dado
work guaranteed at the lowest possible
rates by practical experienced artists.
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.s,,,crpey Dairy WAGONS"

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
morning and delivered in ! lb "Ward"
bltiermllk and sweet milk, &c. per qt.
Cream, l5c. per pt
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For spring, the new 4-button cutaway
sack suit, all shades. Eiseman Bros, manu-
featuring clothiers cor. 7th and L.
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FRANCE hrs her lily and England her
rose, but every lady knows that for bargains
she goes to the Bell Tea and Coffee Com
pany, S24 Seventh street northwest. (Sign
Of the big glass belD.
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ITO You Know where to Purchase

BREAKFAST from $3.50 to 10 a. m. Dinner
from to Z p. m, at Morgans, 033 d st.,
and only 80 cents. Everything of the best.
Before Removing
offer for the next ten days the following
machines:
8 New Family Singer, with leaf, 2 drawers
and all attachments. nts...,................Sl0 90
9 Domestic, with leaf, . drawers aud
all attachments. .......".......":......Sl2 w
] Automatic w. Il Gibbs, with leaf,
Q drawers and all attachments. ......S20 OO
These machines are In first-class order,
and are warranted by Wm. Stiebeling, 11l7
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, sole agent
for the celebrated Household Sewing Ma
chine.
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"Opern Bouquet

and "saboroso" cigars. Marvels OF beauty
and excellence; &c. straight. Try theii
cigar department.
N. 4. METZGER & Bro,
ALI 7th ct. n. W.
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JonNsoN,s European Hotel, llLh AN N
Everything In the Line of

Drugs, Chemicals, Proprietary Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., can be found at A. b..
Finney's Drug Store, corner 9TH and |
streets n. W.
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JonSsoS's European Hotel, 18th and f.

LITuoGRAPH CHECK Books made to order.
Handsome designs. Keryand, 1912 Penn
sylyania avenue.
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-E. Burgdorf of ilS Eighth street re-
ports that 800 In money, whip and q
iap-robe were stolen from one of his car
riages on the 2Sth OF last month.
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w WASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, APRIL /, 1851
CITY SPECIALS.

CITY SPECIALS.
Come Ne Children OF the Lord
For that handsome Easter Card.
Cur liberal offer of Ten Per Cent. Dis
count on all
BOOTS, SHOES OH SLIPPERS
will continue until April 8.
All goods marked In plain figures.
An entire new line Of
OXFORD TIES AND BUTTONS,
Opera and Common Sense SLIPPERS,
Just opened by
l.. HEILBRUN,
i02 Seventh street.
The largest
one Price Shoe House.
Leader OF Low Prices since % Years.
See The Old Lady in Window.
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Mr. Lsner Of the Palais Royal has
notified the police that two gold watches
were stolen from his show case during the
past two weeks.
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For WINES AND LlQUoRs, domestic and
imported, go to Chr. Xander, the oldest-es-
tabiished house in the city, 900 1th st. n. W.
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srRISo overcoats, complete line. Else
man Bros, cor. 7th and T..
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s. Il. TREMBLY is to be found at the old
stand, 527 Seventh street northwest, Cap
ital City Art store.
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MoNoGRAMs and address dies stamped In
colors at low figures. Kervand's, 1912
PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
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CITY SPECIALS.
Another Car Load OF our Celebrated
"lnNincihlen ElOnr

Just received; price low. Burbank pota-
toes, 75c. a bushel. Delightful family
breakfast bacon (small pieces), l2lc. per
pound. Splendid Gunpowder and Oolong
tea, soc. per pound. Come early.
N. 7. METzaER & Bro,
Az 1th st. n. W.
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The Capital city Art store.
527 Seventh street northwest, has the most
complete line Of mouldings Of any establish
ment south OF New York. Popular prices.
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choicest Flowers nt Low Prices.
q. +. Hale, florist, 10 Fourteenth street
northwest. Funeral designs specially.

w. II. IE0ushtOD Il CO., tSli r
street Northwest,
At this time Of the year have a great
many goods OF the highest class, being
such goods as we cannot duplicate, which
we will offer at discount of nom 20 to
80 per cent. including chamber and parlor
furniture, chenille portleres, etc.
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az the heart OF a man is depressed with
cares and suffering, the mist is dispelled
when the bottle appears.h Not bottle OF
spirits, oh, 10 but small vial Of that
Invaluable compound known to civilization
as DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, which will
cure q cough or cold Immediately.
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90 to KenHeId, 1908 + st. N. W.,
for Waltham and Elgin watches.
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Cheapest Place In the City
to buy watches-Kenfeld's 1905 + st. n. W
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1t IL the Hest,

Ask for 1t. Schlitzs' Milwaukee Lager
Beer. For sale by all leading houses.
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Justh's Old stand, GlO ID st. n. W.
Buys gents secondhand clothing. Note
by mail promptly attended to.
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NAME. o. . As NAME. o. q As

Chicago Markets.
The following summary Is by b. X. Plain
& Co., st. Cloud Building, Ninth and Z
streets:
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CNgsApEANE T. QNl0 ROUTE.

CSCWp0rt News and Mississippi Valley COL
Union Depot, sixth aud u streets.
II A, M-Fur Newport News, Oii PNil
Comfort aud Norfolk, Daily eNoNui Sdr-
lGy Through pIrluv ear TO Old Point.
Arrive NuylulN p. M
ll,GO A. N-For all stations ON Chesapeake
\ ONO and points West sleeper from
Chiffon rl .-, Daily except Sunday.
$50 ~. W-lrst Western express daily.
solid train, with Pullman slecpers TO
Louisville Pullman service TO CluCia'
matt, 81, Louis Memphis AND New Or
leans.
ApItvHt Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Office,
SIS 'TeunsyNauia avenue and b. Il p. sta
FRANK TRlGG,
GeM'l n. f. Pa,seug Agent,
II. W, FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
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A GREAT feature at Kernan's is Sanford
and Wilson's favorite specialties.
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DRUNKENNESS
Or the Liquor Habit Can he Cured
by Administering DIR. Haines'
Golden SpeCiiic.

Can be given in cup Of coffee or tea with.
out the knowledg ge Of the person taking It, 1t
Is absolutely harmless and will effect u per-
manent and speedy cure, whether the patient
Is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck.
1t has been given in thousands of cases, and
It never fails. The system once impreg
mated with the Specific, II becomes an utter
impossibility for the liquor appatlte TO exist.
For sale by s. F.Ware, under Ebbtt House;
II. X. 1lelphenstipe. Fourteenth street and
Vermont avenue, Washington.
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Rudden's Popular lnstallment
Houses.
Housekeepers who desire to buy any kind
Of stoves, furniture, carpets, clocks, willow
ware, oil.cloths, baby carriages, &C., should
go direct to this prominent establishment,
$50 and 932 seventh street northwest, (west
side.) His goods are excellent and cheap
and his terms are the easiest.
VISITING CARDs neatly engraved from
your plates at 75 cents per hundred. Ker-
wand, 10l2 Pennsylvania avenue.
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lllElI.

BEAUTIFUL kilt suits for spring. Eiseman
Bros, manufacturing clothers, cor 9TH S Z.
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A Few Cents saved on lIandkcr.
chiefs This Week ut Douglass
Ninth md + streets,

One lot handkerchiefs, beautiful quality,
regular price, 50c., for 25c. each.
One lot, regular price &c, for 10c.
One lot, new designs, regular price 2Oc.,
for 12lc.
One lot children's handkerchiefs, new de-
signs, at &c. each.
Perrin's $l.50 real kid glove at 81 per pair.
Genuine chamois skin gloves at Soc. per
pair.
One lot ladies' 75c. hose reduced to 60c.
One lot ladies' Csc. hose reduced to 47c.
Onelot ladies' soc. hose reduced to i3c.
i)ne lot ladies' 37c hose reduced to 25c.
25c. bon ton bustles for l0c.
Gem bustles for SOC. What do you pay?
DOUGLASS, Ninth and + streets.
10 You Know Where to Purchase
your groceries for this month? II not, let
us inform you that we can save you money
by furnishing the best quality at the lowest
price. N. I. METzGER Il BRO,
4l7 7th st. N. W.
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FITZGERALD March 30, iSS7, after u
long and painful Illness, which he bore with
Christian fortitude.
May his soul rest in peace.
Funeral will take place from ms late resi-,
dence, No. 101 IL street northeast, on Sunday,
at $50 p. IN.
O'DONNELL.-On March 80, 1851, at q
o'clock u. M, llannorah O'DOnuull, wife OF
William O'Donnoll, in her i5th year.
Funeral Will take place from her late resi-,
denCe. 1919 seventh street northwest, at q
o'clock a, M, April . Friends of the family
are respectfully invited to attend
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Rudden's
Is Popular lnstallmen

Does Your watch Need Cleaning =
Go to Kentleld, 1905 F street northwest.
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rRAINs Iil 0N = VwAsnINaToN AND ONO

Leave Washington g;l! a. m. daily, except
sunday, and ii5 p. m daily arrive
Round Hill lia, a, m, and i3l0 p, m; return
inr, leave Round nh sos a. IN. daily and
l.3n %. M, daily, except sunday, arriving
WashlUFt0u $50 a, IN and 1858 y. m,
Through trains RON the South via Char
loitp, pHuviIlC and Lyuchburg arrive IN Wash.
ton $50 g. IN. and s:23 y. m; via East Ten
ucsscv. Bristol and Lynchhurs, at 1851 p. m,
and Charlottesville, $40 y, m. Strasburg
local 9i1 q, IN.
Tickets, sleepinguUr reservation and IN
formation furnished and baggage CHECKED at
otilCc, GUl PENNSYLVANIA avenue and at Pas.
sengor station, PENNSYLVANIA K i, sixth and
b streets, JAS. l.. TAYLOR,
General Passenger Agent.
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PIEDMONT AIR LINE,

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MARCH IL, 1887.
500 a. m. East Tennessee mail daily for War.
renton, Gordonsyille, Charlottesville,
LynChhnrg and stations between AleXan.
dria and Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxville,
ROme, Calera, Montgomery and New
Orleans. Pullman Sleeper Washington TO
New: orleans.
li;gO a. m, Fast mail daily for Warrcntou,
Charlottesville, Gordonsville, stations
Chesapeake and Ohio route, Lynchburg,
Rocky Mount Ddnville and stations be-
tween iynchburg and Danville, Greens
bCro Raleigh Charlotte Atlanta, Blrm.
inrham, Montgomery, New Orleans, Texas
and California. Pullman sleeper New
York tu Atlanta, In connection with Pail.
man slerrcrs Atlanta to New orleans, and
Mann bOudolr sleepers for Birmingham,
Niuksburg and Shreveport. Solid trains
Washington to Atlanta.
2:35 p. m. daily, except Sunday, for Manassas,
Strasburg and intermediate stations.
$3.50 ., m. Western express daily Tor Warren
ton, Gordonsville, Charlottesville, Louis
vile, Cincinnati and line OF Chesapeake
and Ohio route. Pullman Sloepers and
solid trains Washington to Louisville; also
for LynChburg, Bristol, Chattanooga,
Memphis, Little Rock and all southwest
EN- points. Through Pullman sleepers
Washington to Little Rock without
Change,
lin. m. southern exprcssiaily for Lynchburg
DauyHle, Raleigh, Asheville, Charlotte, Co.
luInbla, Aiken, Augusta Atlanta, Mont
gumery, New orleans, Texas and California
Pullman sleepers Washington 20 Mont
gOmery. connecting with Pullman parlur
cars Montgomery TO New orleans. Pull
man ,leopvrS Washington IoAihen with
out change.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-03-16
OBITUARY..
Captain James Eads.

NASSAU. March 1O-Captain James B.
Eads died here on the Sth inst, of pneumo-
MIA.
James B. Eads was born in Indiana in
1870. When be was thirteen years old his
father took the family down the Ohio
River, intending to settle in Mississippi.
On the way the boat caught fire and little
more was saved than the lives of the passen-
gers. Taking passage on another boat
they landed in st. Louis, on the spot
where, forty years later, this barefoot boy
of thirteen located and built the largest
steel bridge in the world. Young Eads
bad early developed great mechanical
skill and genius. When only nine years of
age he had made a short trip on the Ohio,
when the engineer had explained to him
the construction of the steam engine. He
went home and built perfect working
model of it. Another mechanical engin-
eering feet of the boy about this tine was
the building of a locomotive engine driven
by concealed rat.
Arrived in st. Louis he was put as clerk
in dry goods store. His employer, who
was a man OF literary taste, observing his
mechanical leanings, gave him free access
to his library, where he was able to acquire
the theory that he afterward put in
practice. At nineteen, his health failing,
he went on Mississippi steamer, and soon
afterward entered into partnership with
friend and built a small boat to raise car
goes of vessels sunken in the Mississippi.
About this time he made his first venture
in submarine engineering by the recovery
of''several hundred tons of lead. Finding
it impractible on account of the swiftness
of the rapids to use drivers armor he got
a whisky barrel, knocked out the head. at
tached the air pump hose to it, fastened
heavy weights to the open end of the barrel
then swinging ii on a derrick he had q
practical diving-bell which he worked sue
cessfulIy.
When the rebellion came Captain Eads
sescured an order to build eight gunboats.
In forty-eight hours after sseceiviDg the
order work was underway, and within 100
days the entire eight, carrying over 100
large cannon, and costing $1,000, 600, were
in active service. They were the first IRON
clads the United States ever owned. In
all Captain Eads built fourteen of these
vessels.
OF his later works the building of the
5000 0O0 st. Louis bridge, his 5000. 900
jetty job at the mouth of the Mississippi,
and his Tehauntepec ship railway scheme
are familiar to all.